Roland turned to look out the window, and sure enough, he saw a group of riders at the end of the horizon, and in an instant Pegasus rushed to him, circling back and forth around the broken down train, like a swarm of ants running wildly around the frozen caterpillar.

Roland looked at the group of uninvited guests. The riders wore only a poorly made animal skin apron, and the upper body of ** was thin and strong, and the plant slurry was used as a dye on the body, and the face painted a strange and terrifying totem. Armed with short swords, longbows, and skilled horsemen, these ruggedly dressed riders were clearly a group of seasoned steppe hunters.

Roland also noticed that their facial features were not as rounded as those of ordinary humans, with pointed ears, high cheekbones, narrow eyes, and long bright brown hair, which made them look more like elves. However, most of the elves in Roland's impression are clear-eyed and elegant, but the group of guys in front of him exudes a rough temperament from head to toe, except for their appearance, which is completely contrary to the traditional image of elves.

At this time, the group of ** top-body, suspected elf riders had approached the train, and successively lowered their heads to peek into the window, the expression on their faces could only be described as vicious, and their mouths kept making sharp and threatening whistles.

This scene reminded Roland of the hunting scene on Earth. Nomadic hunters make similar whistles when chasing deer to intimidate frightened prey into fleeing in the direction of their pre-set traps...... Could it be that these riders are prey on the human passengers on the train, or are they here with the intention of kidnapping tickets? Whatever their intentions, one thing is certain: it was no coincidence that they were here just in time for the train to break down, and it was probably that they demolished the tracks and forced the train to stop.

"Listen to me, don't get out of the car!" Palatina stood in the middle of the carriage and shouted a warning to the passengers, "Those guys outside are wild elf hunters who have sneaked out of the reservation, so don't act rashly until you find out what they are coming for, lest you provoke them and provoke an attack." ”

Palatina's reminder did not comfort the frightened passengers, and a wail rang out in the carriage, as if she had foreseen the coming disaster.

Roland was confused by the negative reaction, and turned to ask Anthony, "Aren't the wild elves also inhabitants of the Assanian Empire, why do people seem so frightened when they mention them?" ”

"The wild elves are the aborigines of the Komi steppe, since the establishment of the Komi Province by the Empire, they have been driven to the depths of the jungle at the western foot of the Ulynois Mountain, although the people who live in the land of the empire are considered to be the inhabitants of the empire, but this group of wild and untamed fellows are unwilling to accept the rule of the Yashan Empire over the Komi steppe, and from time to time they escape from the reserve and plunder everywhere, behaving like robbers......

After listening to Anthony's explanation, Roland learned that although the "wild elves" are a subspecies of the elven race, they have different customs and traditions from other elves. As the name suggests, these aborigines living in the Komi savannah are savage and primitive, as evidenced by the way they dressed only in animal skins.

"Wild elves are nomadic and nomadic, hard-working, good at riding and shooting, domesticating wild beasts and harnessing vultures...... Although the wild elves are truly barbaric in the eyes of us humans, and are almost insulting to the graceful name of the elven race, they claim to be the true elves, and the other elven subspecies have lost the essence of the elves from the free spirit of their ancestors. ”

Anthony is a bard and knows a lot of anecdotes about wild elves.

"In addition to their brutal and brutal style, there are some obvious differences between the wild elves and other elven subspecies, such as most of the other elven subspecies worship the main god of the elven god line, Corellon Larisian, advocating wisdom, keen on knowledge, and proud to be a learned mage; The wild elves worship the wild Fermaro Mos Delin in the elven god system, this weak god is the protector of beasts, herdsmen and hunters, and of course the patron saint of the wild elf clan, most of the members of the wild elf tribe are illiterate, and it is difficult for people from civilized society to deal with them, and there will occasionally be spellcasters among the wild elves, but there are almost no mages, and more warlocks who rely on bloodline inheritance and spontaneous awakening of spellcasting ability......"

Roland was listening intently, and Palatina suddenly rushed over, grabbed the window with both hands and pressed down, and the window closed with a bang, and the sound of horses' hooves and whistles outside the window was stopped.

Roland and Anthony looked at each other, both of them looking at Paladine indistinctly.

Without explaining to them, Palatina jumped onto the saddle and gave an irresistible order to all the passengers: "Close the windows immediately!" Hide your head behind your seat with your hands in your hands! ”

However, her warning was a step too late, and before she could speak, an arrow dragged a scorching wave of fire through another window that had not yet had time to close, whistling through the heads of the passengers by the window, blood and flames splattering out at the same time.

The passengers in the carriage were stunned by the horrific scene. Before he could come to his senses, the elf hunter drew his bow and arrows again, and with his amazing sniping skill, he shot flaming arrows through the window into the carriage, and the victims fell to the ground screaming. Flammable items such as curtains and chair covers were ignited by rockets, and the lavish first-class carriage, which not so long ago had been engulfed in flames and smoke, had become a living hell. Passengers instinctively rushed to the door, trying to rush out of the door so as not to be burned alive in the carriage.

Palatina hurriedly performed a "water-making technique" to contain the fire in the carriage, while also distracting herself to calm down the passengers and not open the doors. However, her dissuasion went unheeded, and the door was finally slammed open, and the crowd rushed out.

Palatina closed her eyes in agony. What happened next was just as she feared, when the wild elves saw someone escape from the train, laughed wildly and chased after them, driving the crowd through the grassland in despair like rabbits. The wild elf hunter skillfully bends his bow and draws the string on horseback, and shoots a series of deadly arrows, killing the fleeing passengers one by one on the grassland.

Sensing that the momentum was not right, the people turned around and fled back to the car, hastily closing the door, regardless of the fact that there were still people outside who had not yet boarded the car. The passengers who had been abandoned outside frantically banged on the doors and windows of the car, sobbing and pleading, but the people who had already gotten on the bus were still too busy to take care of themselves, and they could only harden their hearts and ignore them, watching as their traveling companions who had gotten off the bus together before were brutally shot and killed by the wild elves.

Roland used the "water-making technique" to help Palatine put out the fire, and it was not until the embers were all extinguished that he came out to check the situation in the carriage, only to realize that there were almost half fewer passengers.